আগত / পিছত
In Front, Behind, Before and After
আগত is “in front, before” and পিছত is “behind, after, later”: আমি পিছত কথা পাতিম “we will talk later”.
How It Works
আগত and পিছত are opposites. They tell where something stands, or when something happens, compared with another thing.
| Word | Place | Time | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| আগত | in front of | before | ঘৰৰ আগত “in front of the house” |
| পিছত | behind | after, later | সোমবাৰৰ পিছত “after Monday” |
The word before them takes -ৰ: ঘৰ becomes ঘৰৰ, সোমবাৰ becomes সোমবাৰৰ, and মই becomes মোৰ (“my”). So মোৰ পিছত means “behind me” or “after me”.
When nothing comes before them, the word stands alone and means “ahead” or “later”: আগত বিপদ আছে! “danger ahead!” and পিছত কথা পাতিম “we will talk later”.
For “behind” in a place, পিছফালে “at the back” is also common: মোৰ পিছফালে “behind me”. To say “before doing” or “after doing”, see কৰাৰ পিছত / কৰাৰ আগতে.
Examples (5)
- আমি পিছত কথা পাতিম।
We will talk later.
পিছত on its own means “later”.
- ঘৰৰ আগত বহুত মানুহ আছে।
There are many people in front of the house.
ঘৰ takes -ৰ to make ঘৰৰ, and আগত stands apart after it.
- দেওবাৰ শনিবাৰৰ পিছত আৰু সোমবাৰৰ আগত।
Sunday comes after Saturday and before Monday.
Both words follow a -ৰ form, and one sentence can use both.
- আগত বিপদ আছে!
There is danger ahead!
আগত alone means “ahead”.
- তুমি মোৰ পিছত আহিবা।
You will come after me.
মোৰ পিছত means “after me” or “behind me”.
How It Connects
Learn This First
These place words end in -ত, so learners need -ত first.
Related Patterns
- -ৰ কাষত / -ৰ ওচৰতBeside and Near
These words also follow a -ৰ form and tell where something is, but they mean “beside” and “near”.
Level 2 - ওপৰত / তলতAbove and Below
These two place words answer the same question, “where is it?”, with “above” and “below”.
Level 2 - ভিতৰত / বাহিৰতInside and Outside
ভিতৰত and বাহিৰত add “inside” and “outside” to the same pattern.
Level 2 - -ৰ মাজতBetween and in the Middle
-ৰ মাজত says that something is between two things, where আগত and পিছত say front and back.
Level 2 - কৰাৰ পিছত / কৰাৰ আগতেAfter and Before an Action
This topic puts a verb before পিছত and আগত to say “after doing” and “before doing”.
Level 4
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